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PAGE THREE
Lights Would Elimínete Annex Darkness
Southern
Cal ¡-Forráis»
DAILY
TROJAN
PAGE FOUR Two More Troy Gridders join Injury Corps
VOL. Lll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1960
No. 37
Senator Kennedy Sweeps Nation As Democratic Victory Rolls In
FAIREST OF ALL—One of the original 75 Helen of Troy contestants meets with judges in the latest judging of the contest which eliminated all but 5 of the beauties. The
five finalists will be members of the Trojan Court, and one of the quintet will be chosen Helen of Troy at the annual Tro-Iios Homecoming Nov. 16 program.
5 Helen of Troy Finalists Chosen in Second Judging
A bevy of 25 of Troy’s most beautiful women nervously displayed their charms for a panel of judges yesterday as 5 of them were chosen as finalists in the annual Helen of Troy contest.
The five finalists, who will be
announced tomorrow, will comprise the royal court, and one of them will be crowned Homecoming Queen at the Trolios program Nov. 16 in Bovard Auditorium.
Queen Helen will reign as official hostess of Homecoming
URBAN UNIVERSITY
Foreign Populace Likes Urban Area
(Editor’s Note: This is the list with the largest number of third in an editorial series look- foreign students. For the aca-
Inj; into the problems of I SC' as one of the nation’s leading urban
universities).
♦ ♦ ♦
By HELENA S. VEGAS
One of the most unique and meaningful features of urban USC is the fact that approximately 1.200 students representing 83 countries can be found on its campus.
Figures giver, in the “Report on International Exchange for I960" report that USC has the largest per cent enrollment of foreign students in the State of sity. University of Minnesota, California. Columbia University and USC.
demic year of 1958-59, New York rated first, but for the academic year 1959-60. California outnumbered New York with j 13.3% of the total foreign stu-I dent population, while New York lagged behind with 12.5% of the students.
Furthermore, six of the institutions with the largest foreign student population were located in what can be considered metropolitan areas.
The schools were University of California, New York Univer-
Week and will preside over the alumni banquet.
The semi-finalists, who assembled yesterday afternoon in the upstairs Commons lounge, chattered nervously as they waited to be judged on their beauty, poise, personality and choice of clothing.
Judging for the contest is being done by Dr. Robert Craig, professor of business administration; Mrs. Helen Topping, wife of the university president; Capt. Richard H. Burns, professor of naval science; Ron Turnbull, university Commons manager; Dr. David Paden, marketing; and Mrs. K. Puett.
The judging Is being coordinated by Mac Kerr in conjunc-i tion with Eber Jaques, chairman of the contest, and John Carney, arrangements chairman.
Finalists in the contest were chosen from a group of 75 women, 50 of whom were eliminated at preliminary judgings.
In addition to the traditional crowning of Helen of Troy, this year’s Homecoming includes a flock of campus and alumni activities.
USC, Oxford Debate Teams Meet Tonight
By PENNY LERNOUX Daily Trojan City Editor
Tonight’s 10th International Debate, to be held at 8 in Hancock Auditorium pitting USC debaters against forensic students from Oxford University, has a historical ancestry of 35 years.
The first debate between Trojans and Oxfordians and the first international debate for USC was held on Jan. 15, 1925. It was a milestone for the city as well as the campus with the mayor of Los Angeles as chairman and an audience of almost 1.F00, who gave a friendly vote of confidence to the home team by voting them debate winners in a 1,124 to 354 decision.
First Team Ji 1930
USC sent its first debate team abroad in 1930, and in 1950 another student speaker went to Europe.
The last international debate here, bringing the total to nine, was with the University of London in 1958 when the question argued was “that the dust of the arena is preferable to the calm of the Ivory Tower.”
Tonight’s debate, which is being sponsored by the Institute of International Education, in coordination wr i t h USC, will present two students from each university debating the topic “Resolved: that mass apathy to
great political problems is to be deplored.’’
Graduate Students Vance Carruth and John Fraser, both graduate students in the department of speech, will represe.it the Trojan debate team in the speaking contest, while Oxford will be represented by Antony H. New'ton and Alan Jupp, both students of philosophy, politics and economics.
Each of the four speakers will have 12 minutes for the main speech and 7 minutes for rebuttal. No debate decision will be given unless the audience offers one.
Chairing the International contest wilj be Harold C. Morton, a trustee of the university and a debater himself—for USC’s College of Law debating team in 1916.
Every year the Institute of International Education and the Speech Association of America bring a British forensic team to the United States—one year for thos^ c'lleges located east of the (Continued on Page 2)
THE WINNER—John F. Kennedy, the president-elect of the United States of America, is shown speaking from the steps of Doheny Library on the USC campus when he appeared here during his campaign. Last Tuesday the 43-year-old Massachusetts senator visited this campus on his nation-wide tour of successful campaign speeches.
Mechanical Brains To Be Examined
The human mind and its mechanical brother, the computer, will be discussed today at the Faculty Club luncheon.
Dr. Herbert A. Simon, associate dean and professor of ad-
educational use of computers with students and faculty.
Dr. Simon is a recognized educator, social scientist and expert in the field of administration. He is also the author or
ministration at Carnegie Insti- co-author of nearly 200 books
tute of Technology, will tell the professors about “Stimulation of Human Thinking,” at the 11:45 a.m. luncheon in the Commons Dining Room.
He will deal with research and related information on the utilization of computer and data-processing equipment in areas formerly requiring exercise of human thinking.
Dr. Simon, who. comes to the campus under the sponsorship of the Graduate School of Business Administration, is currently on leave from Carnegie doing special research on the stimulation of human thinking at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica.
Following the luncheon he remain on the campus to discuss
and research reports dealing ¡ with organizational theory and related areas of the behavioral ¡ sciences. Among his publications are “Administrative Behavior,” ^ “Public Administration,” “Models ! of Man’ and “Organizations.”
He was educated at the University of Chicago and joined the Graduate School of Industrial Administration of Carnegie Institute of Technology faculty in 1949.
Dr. Simon will talk at Hancock Auditorium tomorrow evening at 8:10 p.m. His address should be of particular interest to students and faculty in the social sciences, communication, public administration, engineering, mathematics, and business
the problems connected with the i administration.
Last Minute Vote Shows Landslide
- BULLETIN -
Vice President Richard M. Nixon graciously conceded the election to Sen. John F. Kennedy before a madly cheering crowd of Republicans in the International Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotal at 12:20 this morning.
With his wife Pat near tears, Nixon congratulated Senator Kennedy on his apparent victory and said that the Senator would have b.is “whole-hearted support” in the years ahead.
Nixon, worn out by long hours of campaigning, said he was confident that both Republicans and Democrats would unite behind the next President “in seeing that America does meet the challenge which destiny has placed upon us.’’
The crowd cheered madly for its man but seemed unable to reverse the trend which was leading Senator Kennedy to the White House.
11:30 p.m., Nov. 8—The Daily Trojan joined the New York Times and other newspapers across the country tonight in declaring Sen. John F. Kennedy the next President of the United States.
Latest figures compiled from United Press International and CBS radio reports showed Senator Kennedy leading Vice President Nixon by a confirmed 263 to 96 electoral votes.
The Democrat was also expected to pick up 79 more electoral votes to bring his decisive total to 342 votes. Nixon was expected to pick up at least 99 more votes for a total of 195.
Out of a total of 537 electoral votes, 269 are needed for victory.
Kennedy was averaging 52.1 (25,599.000) per cent of the popular vote compared to Nixon’s 47.9 per cent (23,968,000) at press time. One hundred, eleven thousand districts out of a total of 160,000 districts had reported in.
About midnight, nearly half a dozen big city newspapers backing Nixon had declared Kennedy the winner. They included the New York Daily News, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Examiner.
States which were already conceded to the Kennedy camp included Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Massa-chuetts. Connecticut, Missouri. Georgia, New Jersey, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
States which were already conceded to Nixon included Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
United Press International reported that Kennedy took a big stride toward victory by walking off with New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Nixon, fighting for his political life, held an edge in only one of the vote-rich big states: Ohio.
In California, Nixon home state, the Vice President was trailing Kennedy and it appeared that Kennedy would capture the state's 32 electoral votes.
As of press time it appeared to the Daily Trojan that on the basis of up-to-deadline voting trends, the 43-year-did Massaschuetts Senator was certain to become the first Catholic and the youngest man ever to be elected President.
bar the Democrat’s election to the highest office in the land.
For the year 1959-60. total enrollment reached 18.300 and 864 of these were foreign students. This figure represents 4.7% of the total enrollment.
As in previous years. New York and California have led the
Shift in Cited as
These figures show that there i is an ever-increasing trend on j the part of international students to enroll at urban uni- i I versities or at universities which ! may be considered as urban if
we take into account the metro- By KAREN GUSTAFSON politan area as a whole. j “The social appeal of the
What are the facts account- church has superseded its appeal ling for these figures? |to the moral and spiritual life
Viets Logue, foreign student l°f man, said Dr. J. Wesley
adviser at USC, says “Foreign Robb, h«ad of the USC understudents feel attracted by the graduate department of religion.
An international relations ma- metropolitan areas which are and Dr. John E. Cantelon, uni-
jor who toured the Soviet Union made up of a large number of versity chaplain, in a recent in-
this summer w ill show her slides separate cultural interests.” j terview.
Social, Basis
Spiritual Calls of of Membership
Church
Increase
Soviet Slides To Be Seen
“The threats of war and destruction and our reaction to a standardized, industrial and technological society are both factors,” he said.
But the social aspects of the church have an even greater
drawing force, he said. “Because of the intensely mobile American culture, new families will turn to the church for social contacts.
“Church membership in a new community goes up sharply, then
drops as the community grows older. Then people begin to find other social niches,” the University Chaplain explained.
of
needs and interests people, he added.
“A Kiwanis Club with a halo is ! the average man's conception of
tonight in 133 FH.
Heather Campbell will tell cbout her travels and life it: the Soviet Union from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in this special event sponsored by Alpha Mu Gamma, lanpiage honor society.
Miss Campbell lived in the Soviet Union this past summer for 40 days as a member of the Experiment in International Living.
She wrote about her adventures in Russia for the Daily Trojan Student Opinion series this semester.
All are welcome to a*fcnd tht presentation, particularly active members of Alpha Mu Gamma, President Bruce Derwing said.
In a cosmopolitan area like that of Los Angeles, it is more likely that they may find a cultural community similar to their own where they can identify themselves.
This need for identification
Their comment was based on a report on the recent increase in church membership in the United States.
In 1959, 63.4 per cent of the country's population belonged to agreed more than a church of synagogue in com Trojans questioned
Troy Churchgoers Agree on Social Benefits
Why do Americans join church- really want to and really believe es today? For social reasons, | in their religion,” said Laurie half of the | Singer, a freshman education in a Daily ' mapor.
However, sophomore mathematics major Irene Wong felt, “Some go for a fuller life—so-
usually arises when the student parison to 63 per cent in 1958, Trojan campus poll taken re-is away from his homeland, and 57 per cent in 1950 and only 36 cently.
it is precisely in cultural groups per cent a: the turn of the cen- : “The church is a great social
where this psychological need tu~y. function. Whenever I need a cially. They may be seeking com-
can be best met. These figures were compiled by date’ 1 E° to church,” said Jeff munity prestige,” Fhe explained.
Logue suggests that Japanese the Bureau of Research and Sur- i Stein, a junio: finance major. “Many join a church because
students, for instance, would vey of the National Council of charac erizing the majority’s their friends belong and attend
probably find similarities be- Churches. opinion. (because they want to mix with
tween themselves and the Japa- Dr. Cantelon rdded that the But the students didn’t com- people of their own religion,” ways gone: they have faith in a
nese-American community. The turn to churches is caused part- pletely discredit the spiritual Judy Astrow, a freshman speech
same principle would apply to ]y by the meaningless of life reasons fT church-going. major, pointed out.
(Continued on Page 3) k felt so intenseley today. j .^any people go because they
Lourya Freedman, a
today’s ! acceptability of church mem-
] be -ship a factor in these statis-
tics.
, , „ _ , “However, this doesn't con-
Members also drop from the church in America, r. tribute to an increase in attend-churches because religion does- Robb pointed out. j df>ubt if re£;ular at_
n't respond to the new spiritual | He considers increased social tpndance has increased in pro_
A A ^ j portion to membership,” he said.
It is not just the peoole of today but the churches, too. that are caught in our basically materialistic society, according to pre-dental major, thinks that; However, Freedman thinks Dr. Ro.b.
many church goers are hypo- faith is more important than be- “I can't see that we are be-crites. “They -o for no other ! longing to a church. “Without coming less materialistic in our
i . ,. . . , .. I value svstem or that men are
reason than to show off their ¡faith, man is not distinguishable ■tQ ^ or altruistic
Sunday clothes.” from an animal, he said. ¡endeavors because of this mem-
G a r y Hammond, freshman “Many people are just looking bership growth.” he pointed out. chemistry major, spoke for those for security, and others go to But Dr. Cantelon sees hopeful with faith in the church’s spiri- : improve themselves because they j signs in the re aw akening of the tual benefits “People probably 1 feel inadequate,1 said Jo Kllen laity to its role in ^W iiturcH. go to church today for basically Mattox, a sophomore in intei *‘V\ e need a definite C hristian thé same reason they have al- national relations. !stylee of life which sets up apart
“The church is also a spiritual from all other persons. By this I Divine Being and in the world, and emotional outlet. People go dont mean a return to ‘tired Such a belief is essential to the when they have problems, ’ ex- V ictorian moralism,’ junior i survival of any *vilization.” i plained Laurie Singer. [ plained.
be ex-

PAGE THREE
Lights Would Elimínete Annex Darkness
Southern
Cal ¡-Forráis»
DAILY
TROJAN
PAGE FOUR Two More Troy Gridders join Injury Corps
VOL. Lll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1960
No. 37
Senator Kennedy Sweeps Nation As Democratic Victory Rolls In
FAIREST OF ALL—One of the original 75 Helen of Troy contestants meets with judges in the latest judging of the contest which eliminated all but 5 of the beauties. The
five finalists will be members of the Trojan Court, and one of the quintet will be chosen Helen of Troy at the annual Tro-Iios Homecoming Nov. 16 program.
5 Helen of Troy Finalists Chosen in Second Judging
A bevy of 25 of Troy’s most beautiful women nervously displayed their charms for a panel of judges yesterday as 5 of them were chosen as finalists in the annual Helen of Troy contest.
The five finalists, who will be
announced tomorrow, will comprise the royal court, and one of them will be crowned Homecoming Queen at the Trolios program Nov. 16 in Bovard Auditorium.
Queen Helen will reign as official hostess of Homecoming
URBAN UNIVERSITY
Foreign Populace Likes Urban Area
(Editor’s Note: This is the list with the largest number of third in an editorial series look- foreign students. For the aca-
Inj; into the problems of I SC' as one of the nation’s leading urban
universities).
♦ ♦ ♦
By HELENA S. VEGAS
One of the most unique and meaningful features of urban USC is the fact that approximately 1.200 students representing 83 countries can be found on its campus.
Figures giver, in the “Report on International Exchange for I960" report that USC has the largest per cent enrollment of foreign students in the State of sity. University of Minnesota, California. Columbia University and USC.
demic year of 1958-59, New York rated first, but for the academic year 1959-60. California outnumbered New York with j 13.3% of the total foreign stu-I dent population, while New York lagged behind with 12.5% of the students.
Furthermore, six of the institutions with the largest foreign student population were located in what can be considered metropolitan areas.
The schools were University of California, New York Univer-
Week and will preside over the alumni banquet.
The semi-finalists, who assembled yesterday afternoon in the upstairs Commons lounge, chattered nervously as they waited to be judged on their beauty, poise, personality and choice of clothing.
Judging for the contest is being done by Dr. Robert Craig, professor of business administration; Mrs. Helen Topping, wife of the university president; Capt. Richard H. Burns, professor of naval science; Ron Turnbull, university Commons manager; Dr. David Paden, marketing; and Mrs. K. Puett.
The judging Is being coordinated by Mac Kerr in conjunc-i tion with Eber Jaques, chairman of the contest, and John Carney, arrangements chairman.
Finalists in the contest were chosen from a group of 75 women, 50 of whom were eliminated at preliminary judgings.
In addition to the traditional crowning of Helen of Troy, this year’s Homecoming includes a flock of campus and alumni activities.
USC, Oxford Debate Teams Meet Tonight
By PENNY LERNOUX Daily Trojan City Editor
Tonight’s 10th International Debate, to be held at 8 in Hancock Auditorium pitting USC debaters against forensic students from Oxford University, has a historical ancestry of 35 years.
The first debate between Trojans and Oxfordians and the first international debate for USC was held on Jan. 15, 1925. It was a milestone for the city as well as the campus with the mayor of Los Angeles as chairman and an audience of almost 1.F00, who gave a friendly vote of confidence to the home team by voting them debate winners in a 1,124 to 354 decision.
First Team Ji 1930
USC sent its first debate team abroad in 1930, and in 1950 another student speaker went to Europe.
The last international debate here, bringing the total to nine, was with the University of London in 1958 when the question argued was “that the dust of the arena is preferable to the calm of the Ivory Tower.”
Tonight’s debate, which is being sponsored by the Institute of International Education, in coordination wr i t h USC, will present two students from each university debating the topic “Resolved: that mass apathy to
great political problems is to be deplored.’’
Graduate Students Vance Carruth and John Fraser, both graduate students in the department of speech, will represe.it the Trojan debate team in the speaking contest, while Oxford will be represented by Antony H. New'ton and Alan Jupp, both students of philosophy, politics and economics.
Each of the four speakers will have 12 minutes for the main speech and 7 minutes for rebuttal. No debate decision will be given unless the audience offers one.
Chairing the International contest wilj be Harold C. Morton, a trustee of the university and a debater himself—for USC’s College of Law debating team in 1916.
Every year the Institute of International Education and the Speech Association of America bring a British forensic team to the United States—one year for thos^ c'lleges located east of the (Continued on Page 2)
THE WINNER—John F. Kennedy, the president-elect of the United States of America, is shown speaking from the steps of Doheny Library on the USC campus when he appeared here during his campaign. Last Tuesday the 43-year-old Massachusetts senator visited this campus on his nation-wide tour of successful campaign speeches.
Mechanical Brains To Be Examined
The human mind and its mechanical brother, the computer, will be discussed today at the Faculty Club luncheon.
Dr. Herbert A. Simon, associate dean and professor of ad-
educational use of computers with students and faculty.
Dr. Simon is a recognized educator, social scientist and expert in the field of administration. He is also the author or
ministration at Carnegie Insti- co-author of nearly 200 books
tute of Technology, will tell the professors about “Stimulation of Human Thinking,” at the 11:45 a.m. luncheon in the Commons Dining Room.
He will deal with research and related information on the utilization of computer and data-processing equipment in areas formerly requiring exercise of human thinking.
Dr. Simon, who. comes to the campus under the sponsorship of the Graduate School of Business Administration, is currently on leave from Carnegie doing special research on the stimulation of human thinking at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica.
Following the luncheon he remain on the campus to discuss
and research reports dealing ¡ with organizational theory and related areas of the behavioral ¡ sciences. Among his publications are “Administrative Behavior,” ^ “Public Administration,” “Models ! of Man’ and “Organizations.”
He was educated at the University of Chicago and joined the Graduate School of Industrial Administration of Carnegie Institute of Technology faculty in 1949.
Dr. Simon will talk at Hancock Auditorium tomorrow evening at 8:10 p.m. His address should be of particular interest to students and faculty in the social sciences, communication, public administration, engineering, mathematics, and business
the problems connected with the i administration.
Last Minute Vote Shows Landslide
- BULLETIN -
Vice President Richard M. Nixon graciously conceded the election to Sen. John F. Kennedy before a madly cheering crowd of Republicans in the International Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotal at 12:20 this morning.
With his wife Pat near tears, Nixon congratulated Senator Kennedy on his apparent victory and said that the Senator would have b.is “whole-hearted support” in the years ahead.
Nixon, worn out by long hours of campaigning, said he was confident that both Republicans and Democrats would unite behind the next President “in seeing that America does meet the challenge which destiny has placed upon us.’’
The crowd cheered madly for its man but seemed unable to reverse the trend which was leading Senator Kennedy to the White House.
11:30 p.m., Nov. 8—The Daily Trojan joined the New York Times and other newspapers across the country tonight in declaring Sen. John F. Kennedy the next President of the United States.
Latest figures compiled from United Press International and CBS radio reports showed Senator Kennedy leading Vice President Nixon by a confirmed 263 to 96 electoral votes.
The Democrat was also expected to pick up 79 more electoral votes to bring his decisive total to 342 votes. Nixon was expected to pick up at least 99 more votes for a total of 195.
Out of a total of 537 electoral votes, 269 are needed for victory.
Kennedy was averaging 52.1 (25,599.000) per cent of the popular vote compared to Nixon’s 47.9 per cent (23,968,000) at press time. One hundred, eleven thousand districts out of a total of 160,000 districts had reported in.
About midnight, nearly half a dozen big city newspapers backing Nixon had declared Kennedy the winner. They included the New York Daily News, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Examiner.
States which were already conceded to the Kennedy camp included Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Massa-chuetts. Connecticut, Missouri. Georgia, New Jersey, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
States which were already conceded to Nixon included Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
United Press International reported that Kennedy took a big stride toward victory by walking off with New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Nixon, fighting for his political life, held an edge in only one of the vote-rich big states: Ohio.
In California, Nixon home state, the Vice President was trailing Kennedy and it appeared that Kennedy would capture the state's 32 electoral votes.
As of press time it appeared to the Daily Trojan that on the basis of up-to-deadline voting trends, the 43-year-did Massaschuetts Senator was certain to become the first Catholic and the youngest man ever to be elected President.
bar the Democrat’s election to the highest office in the land.
For the year 1959-60. total enrollment reached 18.300 and 864 of these were foreign students. This figure represents 4.7% of the total enrollment.
As in previous years. New York and California have led the
Shift in Cited as
These figures show that there i is an ever-increasing trend on j the part of international students to enroll at urban uni- i I versities or at universities which ! may be considered as urban if
we take into account the metro- By KAREN GUSTAFSON politan area as a whole. j “The social appeal of the
What are the facts account- church has superseded its appeal ling for these figures? |to the moral and spiritual life
Viets Logue, foreign student l°f man, said Dr. J. Wesley
adviser at USC, says “Foreign Robb, h«ad of the USC understudents feel attracted by the graduate department of religion.
An international relations ma- metropolitan areas which are and Dr. John E. Cantelon, uni-
jor who toured the Soviet Union made up of a large number of versity chaplain, in a recent in-
this summer w ill show her slides separate cultural interests.” j terview.
Social, Basis
Spiritual Calls of of Membership
Church
Increase
Soviet Slides To Be Seen
“The threats of war and destruction and our reaction to a standardized, industrial and technological society are both factors,” he said.
But the social aspects of the church have an even greater
drawing force, he said. “Because of the intensely mobile American culture, new families will turn to the church for social contacts.
“Church membership in a new community goes up sharply, then
drops as the community grows older. Then people begin to find other social niches,” the University Chaplain explained.
of
needs and interests people, he added.
“A Kiwanis Club with a halo is ! the average man's conception of
tonight in 133 FH.
Heather Campbell will tell cbout her travels and life it: the Soviet Union from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in this special event sponsored by Alpha Mu Gamma, lanpiage honor society.
Miss Campbell lived in the Soviet Union this past summer for 40 days as a member of the Experiment in International Living.
She wrote about her adventures in Russia for the Daily Trojan Student Opinion series this semester.
All are welcome to a*fcnd tht presentation, particularly active members of Alpha Mu Gamma, President Bruce Derwing said.
In a cosmopolitan area like that of Los Angeles, it is more likely that they may find a cultural community similar to their own where they can identify themselves.
This need for identification
Their comment was based on a report on the recent increase in church membership in the United States.
In 1959, 63.4 per cent of the country's population belonged to agreed more than a church of synagogue in com Trojans questioned
Troy Churchgoers Agree on Social Benefits
Why do Americans join church- really want to and really believe es today? For social reasons, | in their religion,” said Laurie half of the | Singer, a freshman education in a Daily ' mapor.
However, sophomore mathematics major Irene Wong felt, “Some go for a fuller life—so-
usually arises when the student parison to 63 per cent in 1958, Trojan campus poll taken re-is away from his homeland, and 57 per cent in 1950 and only 36 cently.
it is precisely in cultural groups per cent a: the turn of the cen- : “The church is a great social
where this psychological need tu~y. function. Whenever I need a cially. They may be seeking com-
can be best met. These figures were compiled by date’ 1 E° to church,” said Jeff munity prestige,” Fhe explained.
Logue suggests that Japanese the Bureau of Research and Sur- i Stein, a junio: finance major. “Many join a church because
students, for instance, would vey of the National Council of charac erizing the majority’s their friends belong and attend
probably find similarities be- Churches. opinion. (because they want to mix with
tween themselves and the Japa- Dr. Cantelon rdded that the But the students didn’t com- people of their own religion,” ways gone: they have faith in a
nese-American community. The turn to churches is caused part- pletely discredit the spiritual Judy Astrow, a freshman speech
same principle would apply to ]y by the meaningless of life reasons fT church-going. major, pointed out.
(Continued on Page 3) k felt so intenseley today. j .^any people go because they
Lourya Freedman, a
today’s ! acceptability of church mem-
] be -ship a factor in these statis-
tics.
, , „ _ , “However, this doesn't con-
Members also drop from the church in America, r. tribute to an increase in attend-churches because religion does- Robb pointed out. j df>ubt if re£;ular at_
n't respond to the new spiritual | He considers increased social tpndance has increased in pro_
A A ^ j portion to membership,” he said.
It is not just the peoole of today but the churches, too. that are caught in our basically materialistic society, according to pre-dental major, thinks that; However, Freedman thinks Dr. Ro.b.
many church goers are hypo- faith is more important than be- “I can't see that we are be-crites. “They -o for no other ! longing to a church. “Without coming less materialistic in our
i . ,. . . , .. I value svstem or that men are
reason than to show off their ¡faith, man is not distinguishable ■tQ ^ or altruistic
Sunday clothes.” from an animal, he said. ¡endeavors because of this mem-
G a r y Hammond, freshman “Many people are just looking bership growth.” he pointed out. chemistry major, spoke for those for security, and others go to But Dr. Cantelon sees hopeful with faith in the church’s spiri- : improve themselves because they j signs in the re aw akening of the tual benefits “People probably 1 feel inadequate,1 said Jo Kllen laity to its role in ^W iiturcH. go to church today for basically Mattox, a sophomore in intei *‘V\ e need a definite C hristian thé same reason they have al- national relations. !stylee of life which sets up apart
“The church is also a spiritual from all other persons. By this I Divine Being and in the world, and emotional outlet. People go dont mean a return to ‘tired Such a belief is essential to the when they have problems, ’ ex- V ictorian moralism,’ junior i survival of any *vilization.” i plained Laurie Singer. [ plained.
be ex-